The Murder of the Maharajah

A Maharaja is killed. Five people are suspected. One detective teaches another how to go about the business of investigation. An homage to classic puzzle mysteries. I didn't care for this. One of the best parts of an Agatha Christie novel is figuring out which reader assumption she's screwing with. T......more

As much as I enjoy reading books that few have read, I'm a little surprised nobody has read this or rated it. I've read a couple of the Inspector Ghote books by the same author, and I greatly respect his book 'Whodunit?' as well. The departed Maharajah in this book is not the most agreeable of men, t......more

A little slow but interesting......more

Absolutely riveting whodunit, certainly in terms of time-and-place evocation; the Maharajah’s palace in Bhopore, 1930, is the place to be even before someone drops to the ground murdered. I was confused for almost the entire book as to how this qualified as ‘an Inspector Ghote Mystery’ - I had read......more

I am/was writing a story set in an Indian palace, so I thought I would read this to see if there is anything unique or cool. It is a subpar mystery -- a lot of talking and covering the same points over and over again -- about how there's only five suspects, ad nauseum. The explanation is a bit prolo......more